Here is the first victory of the season. Suffering but sought after and deserved: 80-76 over a Treviso team that engaged in a very balanced and very close match at the PalaSerradimigni. In the end, Tyree's inventions and the coolness of Diop and Cappelletti from the line allowed us to win a game that was fundamental for morale.
Diop starts badly: two shooting errors and three turnovers: at 3-4 in the 4th minute Gombauld enters. Tyree makes his debut with two triples that give enthusiasm to a completely changed quintet: 16-11 in the 9th minute, but Treviso also has a good impact from the substitutions and reduces the gap at the end of the first quarter: 16-15.
In the second quarter Dinamo tries to break away but two triples from Midnight keep Treviso in touch: 26-26 at 14'. Diop takes off, Whittaker scores and converts the additional free throw: +5 in the 15th minute . Treviso returns and passes from the arc with Bowman: 32-33 at 19'. Diop is a lone rebounding lion because McKinnie runs wide from the area even if he cuts at the right time for the basket of the last action of the first half: 36-34.
At the start of the third quarter the Bank tries to escape: triple by McKinnie and nice cut by Gombauld for +8. Booker and Allen make up for it and the last partial sees Sassari ahead by only two points.
In the last half neither of the two teams had the clarity and effectiveness to take control of the match. We move forward at a high pace but also with many errors: 67-67 in the 37th minute. With 17 seconds left at +3 Tyree makes 0/2 from the line, Bowman instead scores: 76-75 with 12 seconds but the ball is in Dinamo's hands. Diop makes it 2/2 and is +3 but then McKinnie commits an unsportsmanlike act, Harrison scores the free throw but the winning triple is short and Cappelletti then closes it from the line with two baskets.
Dinamo's top scorers were Tyree with 18 points and three players with 11 points: Diop, Gombauld and McKinnie.
